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Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis investigates the experiences of
adolescents displaced by humanitarian crisis. The world is
currently seeing unprecedented levels of mass displacement, and
almost half of the world's 70 million displaced people are children
and adolescents under the age of 18. Displacement for adolescents
comes with huge disruption to their education and employment
prospects, as well as increased risks of poor psychosocial outcomes
and sexual and gender-based violence for girls. Considering these
intersectional vulnerabilities throughout, this book explores the
experiences of adolescents from refugee, internally displaced
persons and stateless communities in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Jordan,
Lebanon, Palestine and Rwanda. Drawing on innovative mixed-methods
research, the book investigates adolescent capabilities, including
education, health and nutrition, freedom from violence and bodily
integrity, psychosocial wellbeing, voice and agency, and economic
empowerment. Centring the diverse voices and experiences of young
people and focusing on how policy and programming can be
meaningfully improved, this book will be a vital guide for
humanitarian students and researchers, and for practitioners
seeking to build effective, evidence-based policy. The Open Access
version of this book, available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003167013, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
Social policy in the Middle East and North African (MENA) has
evolved significantly over the last decade. Focusing on three key
dimensions - allocation, membership, and entitlement - and the way
these play out in social programmes led by governments, UN agencies
and NGOs, this book presents a wide breadth of case studies across
this complex and diverse region. It questions whether recent social
policy initiatives signal a move towards universal social policy
convergence or, instead, represent a continuation of previous
policy trends, perpetuating poverty and inequality. Leading
scholars with extensive first-hand experience of the region offer
major conceptual contributions to the comparative social policy
literature. They explore recent changes in the wake of the Arab
Spring and Syrian and Palestinian refugee crises, and the expansion
of social protection, and question the extent to which these
developments signal significant and lasting change. The book
concludes by providing policy recommendations informed by a broader
evaluation of major trends in social policy in the MENA region.
This is a valuable resource for students at both undergraduate and
postgraduate levels studying international social policy,
international development, humanitarian and conflict studies, and
international politics. It will also be useful to policy makers in
government, donor agencies and NGOs working on social protection in
the MENA region. Contributors include: B. Abu-Hamad, H. Ait
Mansour, J. Aljabiri, J.A. Barry, S.I. Bergh, I. Gercama, R. Jawad,
N. Jones, M. Loewe, M. Messkoub, P. Pereznieto, E.
Presler-Marshall, F. Samuels, I. Selwaness, M. Shaheen
Cash Transfers, for all their notable successes, have been
criticised for their limited ability to move poor households to
provide sustainable routes out of poverty. This book draws on
original qualitative research by leading scholars and development
policy experts from a range of disciplines to examine whether cash
transfers can have transformative spillover effects on individuals,
households and communities. Case studies from Africa, the Middle
East and Latin America show that, while there are limits to the
sustainability of the transformations brought about by Cash
Transfers, they can bring about changes affecting the social and
political integration of very poor households. With chapters on
Psycho-Social Wellbeing, Social Accountability and Social Capital,
this comprehensive volume casts new light on the ongoing debates
over the significance of the Cash Transfer 'revolution'. This book
was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of
Development Studies.
The Open Access version of this book, available at
http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315180250, has been
made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non
Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license Adolescence is a pivotal time
in a girl's life. The development of educational, physical,
psychosocial, familial, political and economic capabilities enable
girls to reach their full potential and contribute to the wellbeing
of their families and society. However, progress is still
significantly constrained by discriminatory gender norms and the
related attitudes and practices which restrict girls' horizons,
restrain their ambition and, if unfettered, allow exploitation and
abuse. Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries explores
the detrimental impact of discriminatory gender norms on adolescent
girls' lives across very different contexts. Grounded in four years
of in-depth research in Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the
book adopts a holistic approach, recognising the inter-related
nature of capabilities and the importance of local context. By
exploring the theory of gendered norm change, contextualising and
examining socialisation processes, the book identifies the
patriarchal vested interests in power, authority and moral
privilege, which combine in attempts to restrict and control girls'
lives. Throughout the book, Empowering Adolescent Girls in
Developing Countries demonstrates how efforts to develop more
egalitarian gender norms can enable disadvantaged adolescent girls
to change the course of their lives and contribute to societal
change. Accessible and informative, the book is perfect for policy
makers, think tanks, NGOs, activists, academics and students of
gender and development studies.
Cash Transfers, for all their notable successes, have been
criticised for their limited ability to move poor households to
provide sustainable routes out of poverty. This book draws on
original qualitative research by leading scholars and development
policy experts from a range of disciplines to examine whether cash
transfers can have transformative spillover effects on individuals,
households and communities. Case studies from Africa, the Middle
East and Latin America show that, while there are limits to the
sustainability of the transformations brought about by Cash
Transfers, they can bring about changes affecting the social and
political integration of very poor households. With chapters on
Psycho-Social Wellbeing, Social Accountability and Social Capital,
this comprehensive volume casts new light on the ongoing debates
over the significance of the Cash Transfer 'revolution'. This book
was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of
Development Studies.
Adolescents in Humanitarian Crisis investigates the experiences of
adolescents displaced by humanitarian crisis. The world is
currently seeing unprecedented levels of mass displacement, and
almost half of the world's 70 million displaced people are children
and adolescents under the age of 18. Displacement for adolescents
comes with huge disruption to their education and employment
prospects, as well as increased risks of poor psychosocial outcomes
and sexual and gender-based violence for girls. Considering these
intersectional vulnerabilities throughout, this book explores the
experiences of adolescents from refugee, internally displaced
persons and stateless communities in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Jordan,
Lebanon, Palestine and Rwanda. Drawing on innovative mixed-methods
research, the book investigates adolescent capabilities, including
education, health and nutrition, freedom from violence and bodily
integrity, psychosocial wellbeing, voice and agency, and economic
empowerment. Centring the diverse voices and experiences of young
people and focusing on how policy and programming can be
meaningfully improved, this book will be a vital guide for
humanitarian students and researchers, and for practitioners
seeking to build effective, evidence-based policy. The Open Access
version of this book, available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003167013, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
A new and innovative approach to Latin American Studies which makes
an important contribution to contemporary debates about cultural
appropriation and the integration of immigrant communities Winner
of the 2016-17 AHGBI/Spanish Embassy Publication Prize This book
focuses on the contemporary production and consumption of Latin
American culture in the UK through the lens of the !Viva! Film
Festival in Manchester. It offers a comprehensive analysis of how
the British press has used the framework of magical realism to
interpret Latin America for readers and applies these findings to
the festival in order to explore deeper questions of identity
formation and cultural appropriation. The book traces the growth of
Latin American communities in Britain; the popularity of Latin
American literature, music, and film in many of the country's
largest cities, including London and Manchester; and shows how
people in Britain who do not have Latin American origins consume
Latin American culture to reconcile issues of self-identity and
cosmopolitanism. Imagining Latin America presents a new and
innovative approach to Latin American Studies and makes an
important contribution to contemporary debates about the cultural
integration of immigrant communities and transnational exchange.
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. It is
critical that the wellbeing of society is systematically tracked by
indicators that not only give an accurate picture of human life
today but also provide a window into the future for all of us. This
book presents impactful findings from international longitudinal
studies that respond to the United Nations' Agenda 2030 commitment
to "leave no-one behind". Contributors explore a wide range and
complexity of pressing global issues, with emphasis given to
excluded and vulnerable populations and gender inequality.
Importantly, it sets out actionable strategies for policymakers and
practitioners to help strengthen the global Sustainable Development
Goals framework, accelerate their implementation and improve the
construction of effective public policy.
The Open Access version of this book, available at
http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315180250, has been
made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non
Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license Adolescence is a pivotal time
in a girl's life. The development of educational, physical,
psychosocial, familial, political and economic capabilities enable
girls to reach their full potential and contribute to the wellbeing
of their families and society. However, progress is still
significantly constrained by discriminatory gender norms and the
related attitudes and practices which restrict girls' horizons,
restrain their ambition and, if unfettered, allow exploitation and
abuse. Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries explores
the detrimental impact of discriminatory gender norms on adolescent
girls' lives across very different contexts. Grounded in four years
of in-depth research in Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the
book adopts a holistic approach, recognising the inter-related
nature of capabilities and the importance of local context. By
exploring the theory of gendered norm change, contextualising and
examining socialisation processes, the book identifies the
patriarchal vested interests in power, authority and moral
privilege, which combine in attempts to restrict and control girls'
lives. Throughout the book, Empowering Adolescent Girls in
Developing Countries demonstrates how efforts to develop more
egalitarian gender norms can enable disadvantaged adolescent girls
to change the course of their lives and contribute to societal
change. Accessible and informative, the book is perfect for policy
makers, think tanks, NGOs, activists, academics and students of
gender and development studies.
Recent studies suggest that current policy approaches to tackling
childhood poverty have had limited efficacy. In the developing
world, the problem is more challenging still, as highlighted by the
large number of countries that are off track in meeting the
child-related Millennium Development Goals. This timely book
highlights the importance of integrating children's voices into the
debate, bringing together a theoretical discussion of childhoods,
children's experiences of poverty and development discourses, as
well as empirical case studies from the developing world. Weaving
together theory and mixed method approaches, the book provides an
introduction to students and development professionals who are new
to debates on children and development, offering scholars in the
field new methodological and empirical insights.
This book carries work that was part of an academic study for the
purposes of completing a master's degree. This study itself
discusses the potential for promoting cyber democracy through
interactivity, on the Internet. Both interactivity and cyber
democracy will lead to a broadening of the Zimbabwean public sphere
by including online newspapers in the media circle. It views
interactivity, cyber democracy and the public sphere as central to
free expression. Zimbabwean online newspapers are not fully
exploiting the Internet's potentials to promote the threefold ideal
for public deliberations identified in this study. The content
analysis of 22 Zimbabwean online newspapers revealed that many
newspapers are providing interactive tools that are of limited
relevance to interactive communication. The different models for
assessing interactivity, cyber democracy and the public sphere in
the online newspapers that were employed in this study point to
very low levels of interactivity, hence the rest of the components
were affected. The three aspects of public deliberation identified
in this study were found to be interdependent on each other..
Perfect for practitioners, teachers and students, this book offers
a comprehensive guide to commissioning, managing and undertaking
research in development work. It serves both as a practical
reference manual and an indispensable learning tool. Divided into
three parts, the book provides a complete overview of the entire
research process spanning: The uses, planning and management of
research How to review existing evidence Learning development
research skills Choosing research methods and data collection
Undertaking ethical research Research analysis and writing an
effective research report Promoting research uptake and assessing
research Monitoring and evaluation This fully revised and updated
Second Edition includes new sections on how to use the internet for
research, promoting research uptake, assessing research work and on
monitoring and evaluation. The highly accessible content is
supported by a wide variety of international case studies,
checklists of key points, learning exercises, helpful references to
further reading, engaging illustrations and a detailed glossary of
terms. Drawing on considerable hands-on experience, Research for
Development is an ideal practical companion for students of
development studies and public policy, as well as practitioners in
the field.
This book introduces a much-needed gender lens to debates around
social protection. Millions of dollars are invested annually in
social protection policies and programs addressing poverty and
vulnerability in the developing world. Despite this, little
attention has been paid to social protection's role in tackling
gendered experiences of poverty and vulnerability. Gender and
Social Protection in the Developing World argues that
gender-sensitive policy and program design and implementation are
essential. Drawing on empirical evidence from Africa, Asia and
Latin America, the book provides rich insights. into the effects of
a broad range of social protection instruments. It concludes that
with relatively simple design changes and investment in
implementation capacity there is potential for social protection to
contribute to transforming gender relations at the individual,
intra-household and community levels.
Millions of pounds of international development funds are invested
annually in social protection programmes to tackle poverty. Poverty
is perpetuated by risk and vulnerability, much of which is
gendered. Despite this, little attention has been paid to
gender-sensitive policy and programme design and implementation.
Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World introduces a
much-needed gender lens to these debates. Drawing on empirical
evidence from poor households and communities in Africa, Asia and
Latin America, the book provides rich insight into the effects of a
range of social protection instruments. It concludes that with
relatively simple changes to design and with investment in
implementation capacity, social protection can contribute to
transforming gender relations at the individual, intrahousehold and
community levels. With a foreword by Stephen Devereux.
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